Justsystem And Japanese room kit

JustSystem is a national computer software company situated in Tokushima Prefecture that created a well known Japanese word processing program called Ichitaro. It was the only competitive program to MS Word. Actually it was very popular and I have used it before. I wrote that Japanese OS has special word processing way, how important it is for us and actually it relates to writing speed for us. At that point, some of my co-workers say ATOK (JustSystem's Input Method) is superior to MS IME (MS's Input Method). Even now you may choose MS word or Ichitaro as the preinstalled program when you get PC in Japan. But I must say it is hard to find someone who uses Ichitaro at work. And this year they got sued about the Help icon. If they lose, it would seriously damage Just System.

Anyway I did not know that Just System have an online shopping mall called "Just Myshop" which sells software and PC tools, PC desks etc. Recently they started to sell a small Japanese room Kit. I have no idea why they make this. Let's make your Japanese healing space in your room?! Wired. Actually many new apartments don't have Japanese rooms, but without such a kit, one or two tatami mats, one shoji screen, one small desk and an Ichirin zashi will make a Japanese mood. Some make small Japanese spaces by themselves like this. This is cheaper, easy to move, easy to make. desho?!

Comments

[Vykintas]

What a pitty, my PC can't read kana or kanji, what would make my japanese learning much more easier though. i have have no clue what to do...
sugokunai.

[Mari]

Ahhh Tokio kun
You are still there....orz

Anyway three type of letter we have to use for writing. Program should know which part, which letter they should change into Hiragana or Katakana or Kanji. Which kanji is most suitable for the sentense. Sugoine.

[Sebastien (from France)]

Hi Mari,
i have a really dumb gaijin question that just popped up in my mind when i saw the Japanese room kit, ready ? "how do japanese people handle the fact of staying in this position on long periods of time, i mean crossed legs or on the knees ?" i know it's a stupid question but i find this position very uncumfortable (i experienced it during a dinner in a traditionnal restaurant near Takao San last year and i couldn't feel my legs after only 15 minutes...)so i'm wondering if it is because i'm not used to it or because there are special technics that Japanese people know and i don't ?

Thank you if you can help and sorry again for the lame question.

[Charles]

Yes ulfur, you can get ATOK for Mac.

http://www.atok.com/atok17m/formac/

It's a lot like the Mac IME called Kotoeri, but it has a lot more features. I've used it, it's very good, better than the standard IME. But it might be more than you need, unless you write a lot of Japanese.

[ulfur karlsson]

interesting....I use a apple macintosh. I think it´s japanese character input method is probably similar to ms ime way...hmmm I wonder if you can get atok on a mac?

[BlogPetの「tokiokun」]

ネットでこうさぎや、こうさぎをintelligentしない

[Charles]

Very funny.. the computer room has a low door you have to crawl through, like a 茶室.